Bottle crate



March .26, 1935. c. M. KRUGER 1,995,310

BOTTLE CRATE `Timed May 21, 1931 2 Sheets-sheet 1 :iT-3 1- l ff l kz/BOTTLE CRATE Filed May 2l, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 56 SSG Patented Mar.26, 1935 f UNITED i STATES 1,995,310 `V Y BOTTLE CRATE Y Charles M.Kruger, Litclrield, Ill. Application May 21, 1931, serial No. 538,893 sclaims. (o1. zzo-c6) 'I'his invention relates to a shipping case andparticularly to the type used for packing bottles. f

' the following detail description taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings in which- Fig. 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is avertical cross section taken on line 2 2, Fig. 4.

Fig. 3 is a cross section on line 3 3, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a cross sectionon line 4 4, Fig. V1'. Fig. 5 is a detail view showing in part a rearelevation.

Fig. 6 is a view showing the detail construc-Y tion of the post.

Fig. 7 is a sectional view showing' the details of the post constructiontaken on line 7 7, Fig. 4.

The construction of the device as shown in the attached drawings is suchthat substantially every part is constructed of sheet metal which may beformed cheaply in quantities by a die press, and it may be assembledbyspot welding thus resulting in economy of manufacture.

The frame of the device comprises four corner uprights 1, a bottom plate2 having upturned attaching flanges 3 and top cross members 4.

Intermediate plates 5 and 6 are arranged within the frame and arepunched to provide holes 7 to receive and position bottles 8 which maybe packed in the carrier. The plates 5 and 6 each have attaching anges 9by. which they may be secured to the uprights 1 and which also serve asstrengthening members for the frame. It is to be understood that thebottom 2 may be secured tothe uprights most conveniently by spot weldingthe flanges 3 to the members 1, and cross members 4 and the plates 5 and6 also may be conveniently secured to the uprights l by spot welding.

A hinged lid 10 is provided, the lid member being preferably formed ofsheetV metal. The

hinge by which it may be secured to the frame is preferably constructedby forming rolls 11 integral with the lid 10 and rolls 12 integral withthe rear cross member 4. Each pair of rolls 11 and 12 may be providedwith a pin 13.

The lid 10 may also be provided with a hasp 144 of contact withpair ofstrips 22 are by which the lid may be -secured to the front cross member4 and thereby tothe frame. Y

A false bottom 15 is resiliently supported on the bottom plate2 and afalse lid 16 is suspended fromthe lid l0. p Since these two platemembers are of like construction one description will sufce for both.Each of the members 15 and 16 comprise a sheet metal stamping and has aguiding ange 17 and sockets 18 to receive the bottles.

Posts 19 are secured to the bottom2 or the lid 10, 10

as the case may be, and about these posts are positioned helical springsk20. The posts 19 project through holes in the plates 15 or 16 and theplatesrest upon the springs 20. Pins 21 passing through the posts 19serve to hold the plates against displacement. f

The posts 19 are preferably constructed in t the manner best illustratedin Figs`. 6 and 7. A punched from the bottom 2, bent outwardly andformed in such amanner as to provide a substantially circular post. Fromthe preceding description it will-be seen that the bottles 8 may beinserted in the carrier through the holes 7 in the intermediate plates 5and6 and seated in the sockets 18, having their tops in engagement inthe socket 18 ofthe plate 16. When the lid is closed the springs 20 willbe slightly compressed and each bottle will be rigidly held againstdisplacement, it being understood that the dimensions of the carrierwith relation to the bottles to be carried is such as to require tensionof the springs 20 in order to close the lid. The details of constructionare such that `the carrier may be economically constructed using sheetmetal stampings almost entirely and employing spot welding for'thepurpose of fastening the several parts together. o ,g

Parts of the invention may be used without the whole, and variouschanges may be made in the details of construction'withinthe scope ofthe appended claims, without departing from the spirit of thisinvention.

I claim:

1. A shipping case comprising an open frame, a false bottom havingsockets forming seats for the articles, posts rigidly secured to theframe adjacent .the corners of the frame and passing through the falsebottom, resilient means interposed between the vfalse bottom and theframe and about the posts, a' hinged lid, a plate suspended from thelidand adapted to bear against the top of the `articles,`and resilientmembers interposed between said lid and said plate.

2. In a shipping case of the class described,V

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means for resiliently supporting a false bottom comprising postsintegrally formed with the frame and comprising strips punched from theframe, and resilient members positioned between the frame and the falsebottom and about the posts.

v3. A shipping case for bottles including a frame comprising a bottomwall and a top wall and uprights integrally united to said walls at thecorners thereof, an intermediate Wall between the top and bottom wallshaving a plurality of spaced openings arranged to" laterally 'supportbottles inserted therein, a plate having a plurality of Y concaverecesses formed thereinwithin the cen-` tral zonethereof, said vrecessesbeing in vertical alinement with the openings in said intermediate wall,connecting posts supported by the bottom wall and extending through saidplate near the corners thereof, springs between the plate and the bottomwall, a second plate having a series of concave recesses axially alinedwith the recesses in said rst named plate, supports carried by the topwall and extending through said last named plates near the cornersthereof, and springs between the top wall and said last named plate." lf Y CHARLES M. KRUGER.

